Cuttack: Dussehra immersion procession created a history in Odisha's silver city Cuttack with a remarkable participation of women in the event to bid farewell to Goddess Durga following 4-day grand annual festival.

More than 400 women from two Puja Committees, Bidanasi and Nayak Sahi, joined the immersion procession, setting a new tradition in the city’s cultural celebration.

The initiative stemmed from Sambad’s special programme “Shakti Rupena Sansthita”, a unique quiz competition organized exclusively for women from various Puja committees across Cuttack. During the programme, guests had appealed for greater women’s participation in festive activities, an appeal that was promptly taken up and implemented by these two Puja mandaps.

The sight of such a large number of women leading and

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